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Treatment for lateral medullary syndrome is dependent on how quickly it is identified. [2] Treatment for lateral medullary syndrome involves focusing on relief of symptoms and active rehabilitation to help patients return to their daily activities. Many patients undergo speech therapy. Depressed mood and withdrawal from society can be seen in ...
Lateral medullary syndrome, also known as Wallenberg's syndrome, is caused by blockage of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) or the vertebral arteries. Signs and symptoms include decreased pain and temperature on the same side of the face and opposite side of the body compared to the lesion, ataxia on the same side of the lesion ...
Superior alternating hemiplegia or Weber's syndrome; Paramedian midbrain syndrome or Benedikt's syndrome; Claude's syndrome; Medial pontine syndrome or Middle alternating hemiplegia or Foville's syndrome; Lateral pontine syndrome or Marie-Foix syndrome; Medial medullary syndrome or Inferior alternating hemiplegia; Lateral medullary syndrome or ...
A disrupted blood supply to posterior inferior cerebellar artery due to a thrombus or embolus can result in a stroke and lead to lateral medullary syndrome. Severe occlusion of this artery or to vertebral arteries could lead to Horner's Syndrome as well.
Lateral pontine syndrome, also known as Marie-Foix syndrome or Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome [1] is one of the brainstem stroke syndromes of the lateral aspect of the pons. A lateral pontine syndrome is a lesion which is similar to the lateral medullary syndrome, but because it occurs in the pons, it also involves the cranial nerve nuclei of ...
Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI) describes a temporary set of symptoms due to decreased blood flow in the posterior circulation of the brain.The posterior circulation supplies the medulla, pons, midbrain, cerebellum and (in 70-80% of people) supplies the posterior cerebellar artery to the thalamus and occipital cortex. [1]
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Brown-Séquard syndrome; Lateral medullary syndrome aka Wallenberg's syndrome; Anterior spinal artery thrombosis; Tangier disease; Subacute combined degeneration; Multiple sclerosis [3] Tabes dorsalis; Friedreich's ataxia (or other spinocerebellar degeneration) Traumatic and iatrogenic causes including acupuncture [4] [5]